The guys discuss what it means to Finnish your beer while home alone in your underwear, why cinnamon and a blue raspberry slush guarantees a win for Damon on Holiday Food Wars, and how an attractive flight attendant and an overly confident G.I.Joe game gets you a story you’ll refuse to tell under oath.
In today’s episode, Saul talks to both Karen Oikonen and Kate Wilkes on “Constellations: Designing participatory engagement and end of life.”
Kate Wilkes is a service designer based in Toronto, Canada. Passionate about meaningful collaboration, Kate is always keen for opportunities to leverage diverse perspectives to make sense of complex problems in pursuit of impactful solutions. Kate studied at the University of Toronto, George Brown College’s Institute without Boundaries, and the Dun Laoghaire Institute Of Art, Design + Technology in Ireland. Kate’s interest in the death, dying, and the end of life period is rooted in her own experience navigating her mother’s illness and death in 2015.
Karen Oikonen is also a designer based in Toronto, Canada. Shas a Bachelor of Interior Design from the University of Manitoba and a Masters of Design in Strategic Foresight and Innovation, from OCAD University. She teaches design research at OCAD University and design thinking at Sheridan College – She finds that having a foot in an academic environment challenges her perspective and is deeply fulfilling. Her experience in health care helped to develop a rigorous approach to research while allowing her to engage directly with patients, caregivers, and clinicians – this helped shape her exploratory path to innovation design – from visual and spatial design to service design and design research.
Table for 3! Matt C joins Mike & Glenn in the coffee shop to talk about ego. Does ego fuel alcohol consumption? Does alcohol consumption fuel ego? Listen in as Matt, Mike and Glenn each talk about the role ego played in their alcoholism and now in recovery. One thing for sure – the struggle with ego still exists on the other side of sobriety.
We are proud to present Mabio Costa. Mabio is a Motivational speaker, Triathlete, and two-time ITU Paratriathlon World Champion. This proud American citizen who was born in Goiânia, Brazil works as a practitioner at Prosthetic & Orthotic Associates (POA). Mabio continues to compete and thrive against able-bodied athletes while providing inspiration for the entire Amputee Community. The AMP’D UP211 Video Podcast is hosted by Rick Bontkowski, a right-below-knee amputee.
The guys discuss when a 3 Casino head start is necessary for a fair race, how adopting a chimpanzee will make your kids dumber, and why Kia is the official car of the unemployed exotic dancer.
In today’s episode, Saul talks with Masey Kaplan who is one of the founders of the Loose Ends Project about the Loose Ends Project and the therapeutic value it brings to end of life care. Masey Kaplan is a graphic designer and voracious knitter. The idea for Loose Ends Project came about when Masey Kaplan and Jennifer Simonic, both avid knitters, realized that they had a shared experience: Friends would often ask them to finish blankets, sweaters, or other projects left undone by deceased loved ones. They always do so enthusiastically, understanding what it feels like to wear something a loved one has made.